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By: Nancy Escalante
When we talk about human sexuality we cannot refer only to genitality, because sexuality involves the human being as a whole. That is the reason why a celibate person goes together with his/her life and spiritual development.
To start with, the celibate person is a sexed being, it means that he is a man or a woman and that involves his/her whole life, birth, history, personal relationships, experiences, etc. Such aspects involve the body, mind, spirit and heart, giving rise to a masculine or feminine way of relating, communicating and intimating with him/herself and with the others.
The person who chooses celibacy cannot leave aside the significant aspect of sexuality. Sexuality has been created and given to mankind as a wonderful gift and represents the power that motivates us to love the way of being, acting and communicating with God and with the others.
The correlation existing between sexuality and spirituality is LOVE which encourages to creating and giving. We can also talk about sexuality as the energy, the inner drive that inspires the individual to experiment the integration of his own being, generating a healthy affectivity reflected in happiness, in wholeness, in devotion and in the intimate encounter with God and with him/herself.
In this way, we can understand that the celibate person does not renounce to his/her sexuality, and less than anything to LOVE, quite the opposite, he/she renounces to a genital or coital relationship, to every exclusive relationship, in order to use all his/her affective and sexual energy in love, devotion, dedication and contribution, which has a complete and direct repercussion in spiritual life.
Bibliography
Cencini, A.(1996). “Por amor, con amor, en el amor. Libertad y madurez afectiva en el celibato consagrado”. Madrid. Atenas.
Puerto, C. “Sexualidad célibe, un camino de espiritualidad”. Madrid.
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